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Numbering perhaps 26 million, the Kurds constitute that largest ethnic group in the world without a state to their name. Distributed (mainly) among four Middle Eastern countries (Syria, Iraq, Iran, and Turkey), the Kurds have faced relentless, sometimes genocidal, persecution over the last eighty years. In turn, the Kurds have proved a powerfully destabilizing force in each of their host countries and, consequently, in the region as a whole. The solution to the Kurdish problem lies in the creation of an independent Kurdish state in Northern Iraq. Far from constituting a source of instability in the region (as many argue) an independent Kurdistan would be a powerful force for stability in a volatile and highly strategic part of the world. This paper makes the case for Kurdish statehood based not on moral considerations (though there is clearly a strong moral case to be made) but on pragmatic grounds. |
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Name: International Studies Association
URL: http://www.isanet.org
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| Stansfield, Gareth. "The Kurds: Nation without a State" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, Hilton Hawaiian Village, Honolulu, Hawaii, Mar 05, 2005 <Not Available>. 2008-10-10 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p69400_index.html> |
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| Stansfield, G. R. , 2005-03-05 "The Kurds: Nation without a State" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, Hilton Hawaiian Village, Honolulu, Hawaii Online <.PDF>. 2008-10-10 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p69400_index.html |
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Abstract: Numbering perhaps 26 million, the Kurds constitute that largest ethnic group in the world without a state to their name. Distributed (mainly) among four Middle Eastern countries (Syria, Iraq, Iran, and Turkey), the Kurds have faced relentless, sometimes genocidal, persecution over the last eighty years. In turn, the Kurds have proved a powerfully destabilizing force in each of their host countries and, consequently, in the region as a whole. The solution to the Kurdish problem lies in the creation of an independent Kurdish state in Northern Iraq. Far from constituting a source of instability in the region (as many argue) an independent Kurdistan would be a powerful force for stability in a volatile and highly strategic part of the world. This paper makes the case for Kurdish statehood based not on moral considerations (though there is clearly a strong moral case to be made) but on pragmatic grounds. |
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| The Changing Parameters of Kurdish Statehood: Between Brussels and Baghdad Gareth Stansfield1 Introduction `They never could gain independence! The Turks would stop them!' is the common refrain heard when the notion of the emergence of a Kurdish state is mentioned whether in media governmental or academic circles. It is understandable why this should be the case after all the Turkish state particularly when under the influence of the military has a long and distinguished history of combating Kurdish separatism |
| of the Iraqi Kurds against Turkish militant Kurds (e.g. PKK); - preferential treatment for Turkish investors in the Iraqi Kurdish economy; 27 Turkey will also require an understanding with the EU: - acceptance by the European Union of Turkish accession to the union. It is simply incorrect to assume that Turkey will ever wholeheartedly support an independent Kurdish state in the near future. However wholehearted support is not needed only an acceptance and tacit support is required. Such |
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